Essays about: "Susanne Krebs"

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  1. 1. The Consumer Practice of Volunteer Tourism: A Fine Line between Niche Leisure Practice and New Social Movement

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Susanne Krebs; Aleksandra Rakonjac; [2014]
    Keywords : political consumerism; new social movement theory; consumer culture theory; volunteer tourism; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The purpose of this research is to investigate the sociocultural discourses that are ascribed to the fairly new, yet increasingly popular consumer practice of volunteer tourism. Thereby, we aim to examine the extent to which volunteer tourism correlates with new social movements using Melucci (1989) and Touraine’s (1981) “three core representational elements” of every social movement: a common goal, common characteristics of an activists’ self-identity and a common adversary. READ MORE